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==Setting Up the Environment==
 
==Setting Up the Environment==
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The environment variables necessary to compile and run the RootSpy GUI are as follows:
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* LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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* CMSGROOT
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* ROOTSPY
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* JAVA_PLUGIN_PATH

Revision as of 13:53, 16 August 2010

Overview

This tutorial will show you the steps that are necessary to get the RootSpy GUI up and running.

Note: Make sure that you have the Hall-D drive mounted and the Hall-D software installed on your computer. You will need this to run the reconstruction programs that are necessary for the RootSpy GUI to have histograms to view.

The basic steps to running the RootSpy GUI are as follows:

  1. Retrieving and compiling the RootSpy GUI source code
  2. Configuring and running hd_ana to use as a histogram producer


Retrieving and Compiling the RootSpy GUI Source Code

Checking Out the Code

  1. Check your system to make sure that you are running subversion
  2. To check out the code from the svn repository enter:
svn co https://phys12svn.jlab.org/repos/RootSpy

Setting Up the Environment

The environment variables necessary to compile and run the RootSpy GUI are as follows:

  • LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  • CMSGROOT
  • ROOTSPY
  • JAVA_PLUGIN_PATH